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MAY CZECH HIGHLIGHTS TOUR

May 2 - 13, 2009
6 to 12
glorious days

Offered by
Heritage Tours Inc.
4219 Thornhill
St. Paul,  MN  55127-7822

 

 

Nachod

 

 

Pisek

 

Tuchlovice Folk Fest

 

Slavanov Church

Nachod

 

Dobris Castle

 

Tuchlovice Festival

 

 

Prague Kampa

 

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Dinner Cruise

 

CZECH MAY TOURS

May  2 - 13, 2009

6  to 12  glorious days

 

Offered by Heritage Tours Inc.  

4219 Thornhill,  St. Paul,  MN  55127-7822 ( for different tour versions )

 

vv Tours officially start in Prague, Czech Republic.  I suggest you fly into Prague the day before the tours starts.

      ( as a option ) We have booked space in a very nice hotel in the historic center the day before all tours start.

      ( we can easily book additional nights at the hotels – no problem )   

May  2,  Saturday  vv 1st May Tour officially starts at 9 AM  -  in the lobby of our Hotel in Central Prague.

9 AM   Depart the hotel for  - Plzen where we will be active participants in the extensive programs of the :

PM       64th anniversary Plzen Liberation festival to celebrate the heroic Americans who liberated the city.     

 

May  3,  Sunday  

AM  Free time for church, continue with the extensive festival program, lots of music, dancing, displays, lectures,

PM   parades, see the extensive program in English on this web site :  http://www.liberationfestival.com/index.html

 

May  4,  Monday

AM  Off to visit historic Pisek, with the oldest stone bridge in Central Europe ( build about the year 1300 ), excursion   

PM   a local traditional pottery workshop.  Then we go to a small village to learn the traditions of your ancestors –

        make kolac - a Czech pastry and Jiternice - sausage, and a couple of folk songs and dances. Village dinner feast

        tonight !  depart for our hotel in the old town of Ceske Budejovice.  

 

May 5,  Tuesday

AM  Visit with a Bohemian fish scale artist,  a old South Bohemian tradition less then a handful of people can still do.

PM   Then to historic Tabor, walking tour of the old town.  Tour a cut glass crystal company & old gothic church.  

 

May 6, Wednesday

AM   Visit to the Czech - American Emigration museum,  stop in historic Trebon, visit a oplatky - spa wafer store  

PM    off to charming  Cesky Krumlov, walking tour of the old town,  dinner in a medieval restaurant.

 

May 7, Thursday vv ( 2nd May tour starts at  4 PM from hotel lobby – includes boat ride, walk  & hotel stay )

AM   Tour a museum of South-bohemian folk costumes, then a visit to Pisek with the oldest stone bridge in Central

PM   Europe, then to Prague, check-in at hotel, dinner cruise on the Vltava river. Optional evening walking tour,

        when the lights of the historic city come on – magical – something you will never forget.   

 

May 8,  Friday     ( vvv 1st tour ends with breakfast this morning unless you opt to extend  )

AM   Walking tour through the Prague Castle complex - the largest in the world,  lunch and continued sightseeing of

PM    Karluv Most (Charles Bridge), and Stare Mesto (Old Town). till about 2 PM,  evening free - for concerts, etc

 

May 9,  Saturday

AM   Guided tour of Vysehrad Castle and/or Josefov (Jewish Town) or Museums or opt out - to explore on your own,

PM    Spend the afternoon  at the Central Bohemia folk festival, seeing folk dancing, singing, and lots of folk costumes,

         music, great entertainment ! dinner at a local restaurant.   

 

May 10,  Sunday - 1st May tour w/Prague extension ends here 9 AM, Or you can opt to extend to the full 12 days

AM    Departure for Kutna Hora, visit historic gothic cathedral, and walking tour.  Visit the famous ossuary ?    

PM     then to Chlum, near Hradec Králové and visit the Prussia-Austrian battle memorial - the second biggest battle of

           the 19th century, tour the museum.  Depart for Nachod, check-in to our charming hotel, dinner and relax.


May 11,  Monday

AM  Walking tour of the old town, excursion to the local brewery Primátor, lunch in the historic center ?

PM  Off to visit with a couple of locals folk artists – eggs, and bone lace, paper cutouts.  Dinner in a village.  

 

May 12,  Tuesday

AM   Crossing the now unmanned border into Poland to visit a nearby town. Then back to Czech to charming  Nove

PM   Mesto, to visit a  baroque pharmacy & old crafts, a lace museum, lace shop, a glass artist, and a bell foundry

 

May 13,  Wednesday

AM   depart towards Prague, with stops at a textile museum & shop, visit Josefov fortress, stop at the Czech queens

PM   city of Hradec Králové, sightseeing in the historic center. Off to Prague check-in at our hotel. Evening walk.

 

May 14, Thursday     ( your hotel for the night of May 13th IS included in our tour price )

   vvv Tours ends with breakfast this morning, and a lifetime of good memories !   

 

v The final itinerary will have more stops, and much more detail.  I do not publish this in advanced because we don’t

   want our out-of-the-way places to be swamped with tourists.  Our secret places are for you -  our valued guests.


PRICES FOR THESE WONDERFUL TRAVEL EXPERENCES  ARE ONLY :

First May tour = May 2nd to May 8th  ( through breakfast )  total of 6 days / 6 nights  

THIS FULL 6 DAY TOUR is :  $ 1895.00*  per-person, double. ( same price as last year ! ) Single is $ 400 extra.

                 

Second May tour =  May 7th  starting at 3:30 PM ( includes boat ride/dinner and tour ) to May 14th  - 11 AM

 FULL 6 DAY TOUR +  is :  $ 1695.00*  per-person, double. Single is $ 400 extra.

    

 BOTH  tours together :  May 2nd  9 AM through May 14th  11 AM    

 FULL 12 + DAY TOUR is : $ 2995.00* per-person sharing a double room.     Single is $ 700 extra for a single room.


 
Tour price is based on double room occupancy. ( most times it’s two beds in a room )  Single supplement price is for a single room, with a single bed.  Triple rooms are available too.  Tour price includes : Hotel rooms with private bath, in small select superior class hotels ( 3 stars or above ).  Almost all meals, every breakfast, and most all evening meals, ( which are large ).   Professional driver, in a nice new 48 passenger modern air-conditioned  motor coach -  ( with LOTS of room to relax and spread out on all those empty seats, this is a real luxury – as most tours will cram you in, every seat is full )  Or a smaller vehicle in case of a small group.  This is a fully guided tour, with a full time licensed local Czech guide.  You will not be left on your own - with no clue. ( unless you want to ) Your admission to places and events, on the itinerary.   Plus lots of entertainment, ( due to our extensive expertise, almost all entertainment we have is exclusive to Heritage Tours ) This is a Land only tour.  Program is subject to change, tour price based on currency exchange rates as of  Nov. 1st, 2008.   No two tours have ever been the same, each is unique and custom designed around the local calendar of events. No one else will offer a tour like ours, period   Tour size is limited to around 10 – 20 peopleagain this is a real luxury, as many of my competitors have 35 to 50 people on one tour.    Tour space is held by deposit only.   *Listed tour price is by personal or bank check, final payment can be made by  credit card, and  4 % will be added to your total for credit card fees. ( the 4 % is NOT added to your tour deposit )  You may charge your tour deposit to your credit card, by phone or email.  Or by personal check sent by postal mail.
 

 To place a credit card tour deposit,  and or to book your flights to Europe call

Forest Lake Travel at : (651) 464-5092 or Toll Free 1-888-427-8687 (Central time zone)

We invite you to view our extensive web site,  www.czechheritage.com as much more information can be found there. 

  For ALL tour questions please contact Mark, as he is on every tour - best by email at :

Bmark@visi.com  or by phone at ( 651) 426-1222 or you can also try ( 480 ) 982-7994 - ask for Mark

 

 

We add many things to our tour program in Europe and are only satisfied when most people say I am too tired to
go on !  We don’t believe in playing games with tour prices, there will be very few extras while you are on our tour.     Those very few extras are:   a. One meal a day, mostly lunches ( with two BIG meals a day, its not missed by
 most people) Beverages other than breakfast.  b. Car, drivers, translators, for family visits and personal reasons, and additional services done by the genealogical service.  c. An occasional evening cultural program, or extra stops at places or events we come across. d. Gratuities during the tour.  e. Transportation to / from Europe ( Deb at Forest lake travel can get you a price for this – or do your own thing ! ) in Prague transfers to meet the start of the tour. 

 

For references please feel free to contact : 

Elizabeth Miller in NC (704) 364-4857  email,  emiller@vnet.net
Karen  Helwig ( 262 ) 473-2187 in Wisc. email, helwigr@cni-usa.com 

Kathryn Betlach  (415) 479-8483 in Calif.
Gary Zabokrtsky  ( 402 ) 729-2875 in Nebraska. email : garyzab@alltel.net     

Barb Bening ( 507 ) 964-2739 in MN     
Lisa Conrath  email, ewm1573@yahoo.com  in SC.        

Betsey McCalley ( 319 ) 363-9163 in Iowa          

Doreen McKenny  952-941-0426 in MN Doreenlouise@aol.com       

Gerry Payette  in ILL. ( 708 ) 478-1247         
Kathy Sigdestad in KY email : kathysig@insightbb.com.     

Marge Duffy  in MN  email,  Mduffy38@aol.com            
Midge Robbeloth  920-426-8890 in Wisc. LFACHE@aol.com  

Carol & George Bisek  in MN Cbisek@hazelden.org  
Pat & Dick Kutilek 402-393-7469 in Neb. email, dpkutilek@cox.net      

Susan Tesauro in ILL 708-597-8822   
Jan Jacobs 303-420-6442 in CO email : jjacobs19@aol.com       

Elaine Jones in Neb email :  ekathryn@cox.net 

 

Our exclusive family history assistance:  While on a Heritage Tour if you are interested in locating your family’s roots, we can make it happen.  We take this mission VERY SERIOUSLY.  Unlike others we contact and search for your living relatives LONG before you depart for Europe.  We check in advance to make sure people know you are coming, that the church will be open, that people will be home etc.  All these matters dealing with family history are handled by a professionally licensed genealogical service, run by a Slovak-American married to a Czech based in Prague.  They work extensively in Central Europe.  We will contact your relatives, and you and they will decide how long your visit will be, a evening, afternoon, a day ?  As not everyone will speak English, drive, or even have a car, we can help out with a car, van, driver or translator if you request it, no problem ! ( at a additional fee )  We will basically fill in with whatever you need to make your family visit a roaring success !   Detailed information regarding this service and much more, will be sent out to you – after you have signed up for a tour
This is a GREAT GENERAL TOUR, each day is plum full of activities, your personal family history and visit is for you, the group is not invited along.  We will be very interested to hear about your wonderful visit, but it’s your day to be spent with your family. 
Don’t let the large paragraph above worry you if your not of Czech or Slovak background. If your interest is just seeing a wonderful part of Europe - enjoying a more in-depth experience, or extensive travelers looking for a better travel experience – all have found our tours a wonderful off the beaten path travel experience !     
In the last few years we have had many non-Czech or Slovak background people join us, as more of the world learns what a wonderful place Central Europe really is. Including American Teachers and librarians doing school projects, and American’s living in Europe full time.  On our last tour of 2006, we had  6 Australian’s and a lady from England – two of the Australians were returning for their 2nd tour with us !  ( none of whom are of Czech or Slovak background, they had all heard wonderful things about our tours – all the way down under ! ) 
 
You will meet many friends as we have over the last 16 years, it's less like a tour and more like a family  outing visiting friends.   Don’t miss your chance………….
Join us for the trip of a lifetime in 2009!

    

 

For more genealogical information please contact the national Society I founded:


CzechoSlovak Genealogical Society Int.
PO Box 16225
St. Paul MN 55116
or visit their web site at: www.cgsi.org  ( a not-for-profit, totally volunteer society )


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